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		<title>A Nice Cold Drink</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brent Wootton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Metcalfe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drinking water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drinking water treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fleming College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IEK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IETC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous Environmental Knowledge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous Environmental Studies Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institute for Watershed Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Environmental Technology Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Network for Water Environment and Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INWEH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irtual Learning Centre for Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kashechewan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBC Blue Water Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sierra Legal Defence Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trent University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNEP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations Environment Programme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations University]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conventional technologies for drinking water treatment are no longer considered adequate for ensuring the delivery of potable water to communities. This is particularly true in smaller, more remote communities, where the infrastructure for treatment of both drinking water and wastewater may be limited. Protecting the quality and quantity of drinking water at its source is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Groundwater Controversy</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/groundwater-controversy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[brownfield development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brownfields]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contaminated sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MGRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ministry of the Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Modified Generic Risk Assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[O. Reg. 153/04]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phase I environmental site assessments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phase II environmental site assessments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Records of Site Condition Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tier 2 Risk Assessment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ontario is moving ahead with controversial reforms to the law regarding the cleanup of contaminated sites. Extensive amendments to the Records of Site Condition Regulation (O. Reg. 153/04), long in the making, were finalized on December 29, 2009—although most of the key changes will not come into force until mid-2011. These amendments, while providing some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Your Act Together</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/getting-your-act-together/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AECOM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asset management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Standards Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Water and Wastewater Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Main]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drinking water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duncan Ellison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Standards Organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Water and Wastewater Benchmarking Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NWWBI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performance indicators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wastewater treatment system]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://watercanada.net/?p=5113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether it’s a drinking water or wastewater treatment system, the ultimate goal for water utilities is always optimum performance. Most operators generally know where the problems are, and may even know what is needed to fix them. The challenges are prioritizing and then obtaining the necessary funding to make the required changes.
When funding is available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Management Material</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/management-material/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerryF</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Dauphin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eco Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grant Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure Stimulus Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kashechewan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Komarnicki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour pool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipal Water and Waste Management Labour Market Study]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Battleford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walkerton]]></category>

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As we’ve learned from highly-publicized events in Walkerton, North Battleford and Kashechewan, there are major consequences when water and wastewater treatment services don’t meet the required standards. The consequences are equally dire if there aren’t enough qualified workers to operate these services.
The available labour pool is already spread thin, and without actively planning for labour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wonky Policy</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/wonky-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aboriginal water rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada’s Office of the Auditor General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Changing the Flow: A Blueprint for Federal Action on Freshwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China’s Water Needs Create Opportunities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal water policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Globescan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Joint Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Molson Coors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nanos-Policy Options public survey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations Environment Program]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Canadians regard fresh water as the country’s most important natural resource—even over oil and gas and forestry, according to a recent Nanos-Policy Options public survey. And it’s with good reason. Practically every economic sector—agriculture, oil and gas, electric power, industrial manufacturing, tourism—relies on water to sustain business.
Public surveys also show that Canadians are becoming increasingly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing Catch Up</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/playing-catch-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada Research Chair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon nanotube technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon nanotube technology (CNT)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIELAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Substances List]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FMNPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freddy Kleitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Functional Magnetic NanoParticles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gianluigi A. Botton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Murimboh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magnetized nanoparticles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maureen Carter-Whitney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McMaster University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael D. Robertson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Tam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nano Ethical Environmental Economic Legal and Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Institute of Nanotechnology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NE3LS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nelson O’Driscoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tammy Messier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Waterloo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zhongwei Chen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://watercanada.net/?p=4696</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In water and wastewater treatment, carbon nanotube technology (CNT) has many advantages, such as reusability and therefore increased efficiency compared to traditional membranes that require frequent replacement. Nanotubes require low energy for operation, due to their hydrophobic nature and chemical selectivity, which can be functionalized to target contaminants such as arsenic, fluoride, heavy metals and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water Footprints</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/water-footprints/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canada’s Rivers at Risk: Environmental Flows and Canada’s Freshwater Future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JP Morgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rivers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob de Loe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SABMiller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saskatchewan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Waterloo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water footprinting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Wildlife Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WWF’s freshwater program]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Safe, reliable freshwater—and healthy, productive freshwater ecosystems—are foundations for a strong economy and sustainable communities. But the collective impacts of producing more food and fuel and quenching the thirst of expanding cities and industry are taking their toll on the Earth’s rivers, lakes and wetlands—including Canada’s.
Canada’s Rivers at Risk: Environmental Flows and Canada’s Freshwater Future, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Stormwater Management</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2009/sustainable-stormwater-management/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2009/sustainable-stormwater-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[algae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Credit Valley Conservation Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSA Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drainage systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[erosion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[groundwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impervious]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infiltration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landscaping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Low Impact Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peak flow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phytoremediation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rainwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[runoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stormwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stormwater management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surface water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto and Regional Conservation Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transpiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Balance Model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water quality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stormwater management has become an increasingly challenging issue for urban communities. In many cases, rainwater can no longer follow its natural patterns, which increases the volumes of runoff and its associated problems.
In a natural environment, runoff is minimized since rainfall for the most part is dealt with naturally through infiltration, evaporation or plant transpiration. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Awash with Potential</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2009/awash-with-potential/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accountability: Safeguarding and Sustaining Ontario’s Water Resources for Future Generations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alliance for Water Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Water and Wastewater Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EnerGuide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Policy Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EnergyStar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GE Water and Process Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes United and Environmental Defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greater Golden Horseshoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Energy Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H2Ontario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H2Ontario: A Blueprint for a Comprehensive Water Conservation Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake Superior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ontario Building Code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[per capita residential use of water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POLIS Water Sustainability Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Province of Ontario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stewardship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustaining Ontario’s Water Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Waterloo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veritec Consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water usage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WaterSense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ZENON Environmental]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://watercanada.net/?p=3911</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jurisdictions around the world are increasingly recognizing that sound water management is the foundation for economic and community prosperity. From growing and preparing our food to recreation to producing the many commercial goods we rely on every day, virtually every aspect of our lives is interconnected with water.
Unfortunately, the belief that freshwater supplies are limitless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myths and Legends</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2009/myths-and-legends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bottled water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cleaning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate social responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irrigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private water companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public-private partnerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[“natural monopolies”]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Myth #1:  Water is a public good.
Water is essential to life. Therefore, some argue, it should be considered public. Food is also essential to life, but one rarely hears an argument that food and farmland are, or should be, public property. In fact, if farmland and food production systems were owned by the state, [...]]]></description>
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